Robert Prynne
Elder son of Robert Nelson, and Mary
Susanna Prynne, of Red Linch,
Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
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Fulham, London
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29.10.1940
Deal, Kent
(death by enemy
action) [age 28]
[Deal Cemetery, plot
C, block 8, grave
4750]
| T/2nd Lt. | 26.08.1940 |
(played first-class cricket 1932-1939, Captain of the Cricket Club 1934-1935) (BA).
Captain, Nortamptonshire County Cricket Club. Schoolmaster, St George's School, Harpenden.
| (10.1940) | Portsmouth Division RM | ||
| ? | - | 29.10.1940 | RM Siege Regiment (Deal) [killed during a bombing] |
Hubert Thomas
Son of Thomas Newman, Ore,
Sussex, and Harriet Matilda Newman.
Married (1924) Kathleen Mary,
daughter of H.R. Corbett, MD,
Plymouth, Devon; no children.
Edmonton, Middlesex
-
02.05.1965
[Cranbrook, Kent ?]
| 2nd Lt. | 22.08.1914 |
| Lt. | 27.03.1915 |
| Capt. | 07.05.1918 |
| Maj. | 01.10.1932 |
| T/Lt.Col. | 08.01.1936-07.01.1939 |
| Bt. Lt.Col. | 30.06.1938 |
| Lt.Col. | 08.08.1939 |
| A/Col. Comdt. | 09.04.1942-28.03.1943, 27.07.1943-31.05.1944 |
| T/Brig. | 09.04.1942-28.03.1943, 27.07.1943-31.05.1944 |
| A/Col. | 29.03.1943-02.10.1943 |
| Col. 2nd Comdt. | 03.10.1943, seniority 30.06.1941 |
| A/Maj.Gen. | 01.06.1944-(04.1946) |
| Comdt. | 01.01.1946 |
| Maj.Gen. | 30.04.1946 (retd 01.11.1948) |
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CB | 01.01.1948 | New Year 48 |
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CBE | 01.01.1945 | New Year 45 |
| 22.08.1914 | commissioned, Royal Marines | ||
| 1914 | - | 1918 | with Grand Fleet & in Belgium |
| 10.01.1922 | - | (08.1923) | Assistant Instructor of Gunnery, Plymouth Division |
| (01.1925) | - | (07.1927) | Depôt RM, Deal |
| (08.1929) | - | (04.1930) | Staff College, Camberley |
| 14.04.1930 | - | (09.1932) | staff, Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President] |
| (01.1934) | - | (07.1935) | Depôt RM, Deal |
| 08.01.1936 | - | (10.1938) | staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] |
| ? | - | (02.1939) | Chatham Division, RM |
| 10.02.1939 | - | 17.07.1939 | General Staff Officer (Naval), Africa Station [HMS Neptune (cruiser)] (Africa) |
| 17.07.1939 | - | 1942 | specially employed: seconded to South African Defence Force: |
| 17.07.1939 | - | 1941 | ... |
| 1941 | - | 1942 | Military Advisor to High Commissioner for South Africa |
| 09.04.1942 | - | 25.01.1943 | Commander, 104th (Training) RM Brigade (Lympstone Grange) |
| (06.1943) | - | (06.1944) | Colonel / Brigadier / Major-General, General Staff, Royal Marine Office |
| 29.01.1945 | - | (07.1945) | Major-General Royal Marines, East Indies (Camp A) [HMS Lanka (RN base, Ceylon), later HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)] |
| 01.01.1946 | - | 30.04.1946 | Marine ADC to the King |
| 1946 | - | (07.)1948 | commanding Royal Marines, Portsmouth |
John Harold
Son of Harold and Jane Nutt, of Maida Hill, London.
-
15.01.1946
near Marseilles, France
(flying accident) [age 20]
[Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France, plot 10, row A, grave 23]
| T/2nd Lt. | 01.12.1944 |
| T/Lt. | 15.08.1945, seniority 01.06.1945 |
| (01.1945) | - | (07.1945) | Chatham Division RM |
| ? | - | 15.01.1946 |
HQ 3rd RM Commando Brigade [Crashed in Dakota IV KN557, of No. 271 Squadron RAF. The aircraft's position was fixed incorrectly and the pilot was given a wrong course to steer. The aircraft struck high ground at 1000 feet in poor weather conditions.] |